Dinamo Zagreb have a tough task ahead of them this afternoon at Allianz Arena in Munich.
The Modri will be facing five-time European champions Bayern Munich and will have to battle the likes of Manuel Neuer, Robert Lewendoski, and Philip Lahm.
Throughout the years, Dinamo Zagreb has produced many players on the same level of the Bayern greats, but were unable to hang on to their talent as they were lured away with the promises of higher pay and better football.
But what if Dinamo’s top players stayed? Would that be enough to even out the playing field against Munich?
Dinamo’s current lineup for the match will most likely include players such as Armin Hoždić and El Arbi Hillel Soudani; talented players, no doubt, but are a different class than the men of Munich.
But here is a look of possible replacements or additions if Dinamo was able to hang on to its top talent:
Portuguese international Eduardo would keep his starting spot over any goalkeeper Dinamo has produced in the last five years, though Ivan Kelava might find himself as second choice and add depth to the goalkeeping bench.
Vedran Čorluka and Dejan Lovren would find themselves as the two centerbacks, relieving Leonardo Sigali and Jeremy Taravel of their duties, who started against Arsenal two weeks ago.
Josip Pivarić’s position would stay, but Šime Vršaljko would add depth to the back line. Domagoj Vida would also replace Ivo Pinto, leaving Pinto as solid second choice.
When it comes to the midfield, the choices seem clear; Luka Modrić would see a triumphant return in his position on the field while Mateo Kovačić joined him.
Marko Rog, Domagoj Antolić, Mario Šitum, and Marcelo Brozović could be available for selection bringing the midfield to a well rounded and complete unit with available choices on the bench.
Dinamo strikers have played for some of the top clubs in the world, most notably Mario Mandžukić who was a star at Bayern Munich. Mandžukić would be a sure start for his former club along side Andre Kramarić.
Angelo Henriquez has not started in the competition for Dinamo since July against Fola Esch, but would be on the bench along with Soudani and Marko Pjaca.
The ideal Dinamo lineup for todays match would be
Eduardo
Vida – Čorluka – Lovren – Pivarić
Kovačić – Modrić – Antolić – Brozović
Mandžukić – Kramarić
Bench: Kelava, Ivo Pinto, Šime Vršaljko, Marko Rog, Angelo Henriquez, Marko Pjaca, Soudani
Would this team be enough to keep pace with Munich? Unfortunately we will never know, but Dinamo is full of surprises. With a similar line up that was used against Arsenal, Dinamo will try their hardest to keep Munich on their heels.
Dinamo will need to take a page from their junior team’s book as they have defeated the Bayern Munich junior team early today 2-1 in the UEFA Youth Champions League in Munich today. If that means anything, Dinamo should be in good spirits.
Have a better dream team for Dinamo? Better tactician than me? Feel free to add it.
Dinamo will play Bayern Munich today at 2:45 pm EST.
Let there be no doubt who runs the government in Croatia. We are not part of the Socialist International you Serb fuck.
http://www.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/news/croatian-prime-minister-attacks-hungary-as-agent-of-socialist-international
Rebić fresh legs off the bench …
Where do I sign ?
Off course we can use that !
Halilovic SPREMNI.
Ilicic would START for us.
Solid performer .
T-8 days till we see how our boys respond to Bulgaria.
Some where in their hearts they have to burn to play for the Vatreni.
I pray that they actualize this power.
Jelavic’s uncle would make sure he got some playing time on that team!
Hajduk
————Kalinić—————
-Perišić————-Ohandza-
——–Caktaš-Sušić———-
————Pašalić————–
-Strinić-Milić-Milović-Srna–
———–Subašić————–
Bench: Kouassi, Jelavić, Vukušić, Ibričić, Lima, Radošević, Sharbini, L.Kalinić
Batigol become Croatigol.
Nice to see all them Croats on the team.
Iličić is a full Croat born in BiH. If his dad didn’t die when he was an infant, they wouldn’t have moved to Slovenia and he’d be playing for us. He’d never start, but he’d be a nice bench warmer.
@Cro v Ant
4 Hrvati means this team needs a nickname!
Whenever I hear of Fiorentina I still think of “Batigol.”
The hair, the celebrations, the goals.
At one time Maradona even called him the greatest striker he’s ever seen.
Still one of my all time faves.
best team atm
————–Mandžukić———–
-Kramarić–Kovačić–Halilović-
———–Ademi-Modrić———-
-Pivarić-Lovren-Vida-Vrsaljko-
—————Eduardo————-
Rebic was a stand out performer in the 1st half against Beleneses, and over all played well.
He’s not good enough to be in Fiorentina’s starting 11 yet, as there is a lot quality in that side. But with Fiorentina mounting a serious title challenge, as the season wears on, Rebic will continue to get minutes and provide fresh legs off the bench.
I would like to see Fiorentina win the Scudetto as there are 4 Hrvati on that team (Kalinic, Badelj, Rebic, and Bagadur). In addition, Illicic is a Slovene of Croat ethnicity. So keep your eyes peeled on this team, ’cause they’re gonna make some noise this season!!!
Actually, no its not…….Why would it. I have never said they shouldn’t start. I said they need starts.
Halilovic is. I wouldn’t say Rebic is getting regular starts. Plus, not out of the ordinary to rest players when going up against a shit opponent in Europa League. That probably explains the start he got.
No SImunovic against Bulgaria due to an injury.
He wlll be replaced by another youngster: Caleta-Car (only 19). He’s almost always in the starting eleven for Red Bull Salzburg. Good decision from Ante Cacic.
Rebić and Halilović getting regular starts?
Živa’s world is falling apart fast!
Rebic gettin’ the start in Europa league action! Let’s see if he can bring some mustard to the table, it’s about time already!
Modric is full of shit.
http://www.total-croatia-news.com/sport/1013-luka-modric-testifies-against-zdravko-mamic
I didn’t follow the Bayern situation and from little I read the issue was not the same as the issues involving Mamic.
As for Modric……..maybe he needs a mental break from the repka.
Fast forward to the two minute mark – the only 2 on the plane sitting together – haha.
http://www.24sata.hr/liga-prvaka/realovci-u-luksuznom-avionu-luka-je-kovacicu-i-prevoditelj-439897?utm_medium=Status&utm_source=Facebook&utm_content=439897&utm_campaign=24sata+Facebook+status
Who here specifically?
Ante B.
Every single person who hypocritically abides by FIFA’s corruption but says it’d be great if the repka loses because of Mamic.
Iggy,
Who said one man’s corruption is better/worse than another’s?
Ante B.
No one _likes_ Mamic. We all want him gone. But what really boils my carrot is people saying they hope we lose, boycotting, ambushing matches in italy, burning swastikas into fields, etc, as well as anyone who would rationalise or attempt to justify those actions.
That’s just lunacy.
Haha!
Be strong!
Ufffff…Poglavnik, I’m in a hotel and you just gave me a vision…I gotta try and live the “Za Dom…” Lifestyle so please stop!
Fuck I still can’t type!
Zdranko Mamic straight to jail!
Do not pass go.
Do not collect $200.
Anyone else’s auto correct type “Zeta-Jones” when you’re trying to type Zdravko?..
Whatever happened to her and those tights going under that laser beam.
DAAAAAAAAMN!
Who ever said that one person’s corruption is less or more than another’s?
Isn’t it a little like Blatter?
I mean look at FIFA. The show goes on. He’s still in power. He’s avoiding any country with an extradition treaty to the US because he might be arrested. But he’s now saying he might stay on after Feb.
So all that talk of him resigning was just to appease the masses through that stormy period and now Lord Bladder is back in power with no plans to step down. Why aren’t we boycotting all FIFA tournaments such as world cups?? Or is his corruption not as bad as Mamic’s corruption, or – im really interested to know what the rules are on corruption and why one man’s corruption is okay but not others that allows such hypocrisy from some of the cunts on this site.
“Let’s hope the repka lose” etc. Fuck me.
See what I mean…I never said that. You’re combining what Ziva only said and lumping it with me because we have some of the same ideas on some things. Stop that!
Not a one man issue but people on here want it to be.
Ok, I guess we don’t see things equally!
According to you guys, Mamic should not be allowed to be involved in soccer operations (nor should Modric, according to Ziva) while his investigation is under way…I agree with that! In the case with Hoeness, they voted to keep him in power while he was being investigated and most likely knew he was guilty!
Now that I’ve read a few pages of some of these guys involved in Croatian soccer, I see the issue as a cultural issue, not a one man issue.
@Slavonac from Canada
You want shady characters. Dig into Hajduk board of directors past and present.
He resigned, justice was served and he’s no longer part of the club. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to be? Whereas Mamic joes to jail, buys his freedom, intimidates judges and witnesses, and is still part of the team.
You can come to our own conclusions but let me stop you. I’m not Ziva. My beef is primarily with Mamic though I’m happy to hear all deserving criminals go behind bars.
@slavonac
As you can see double standard here when it comes to Mamic. .
I’ve always said I never follow Croatian soccer or the politics. Today I by chance decided to google a couple of names and got a bit of a shock…Slaven Zuzul, Reno Sinovcic…then I briefly read about Sesvete, Zagreb….holy cow…soccer in Croatia is filled with some really shady characters!
I should ask Ante B what the rule is on how we should view criminals…is there a special clause for Croatian criminals or for those we don’t give two shits about…. Or should we see if they are affecting Dinamo’s and Hajduk?
…to clarify, I’m not defending Mamic, I’m just wondering why we now expect Modric to back out of our next game…this seems to be a double standard we have with our own people.
Ohhh…so we now distinguish from the different types of criminals?
Please just look at the issue and don’t twist this. Your comment was that if someone is under investigation, their duties should be suspended until the air is cleared. In this case, he was under full investigation and in court while he had the full support of his club!
You’re trying to say it’s ok to be a criminal, as long as he isn’t stealing from the club??? That’s really whacked!!!
With regards to the “resign” comment!
Tell me, would you allow a known criminal to resign or would you distance yourself from that criminal and fire them???
I’m not sure why your standards for Modric and Mamic are so much more different than they are for Bayern Munich’s former president?!?! Don’t you see your bias here?!?!
I think the point is corruption is everywhere. That’s what i was saying about Mamic not being unique in any way, shape or form. It’s not just croatia or just mamic or even just football.
To be honest it’s a capitalist problem because we’re thoroughly conditioned to be ruthlessly competitive for resources and drive everyone else into the ground. Mamic is just the perfect capitalist. That is all.
Prolly every big business has a Mamic somewhere, normally in the CEO position. Hardly unique. Speaking of Germans, look at Volkswagen for example. Wow we better all start boycotting German cars cos there’s a cunt in a German car company. That’s the logic of some of you cuntrashes.
I mentioned “cunt” as a term of affection for aussies in another thread, so just to be clear, don’t take offence on the off-chance i call you guys cunts !:
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allowed him to resign or forced to resign?
Doesn’t matte reither way. Germany is a much more efficient country.
And did Hoeness take money from the club like Mamic did. Bit of a difference here.
Uff, Srna with an own goal today
By the way…just to answer Ziva’s comment the other day…and please…I’m not in favor of Mamic st all, I just want to make a comment about corruption and the lack of accountability from organizations to do anything.
Uli Hoeness was the president of Bayern Munich and was accused of and under investigation for tax fraud. His club supported him to stay on as the president of the club, even though there was an investigation ongoing. Actually, he was unanimously voted to stay on as the president by the Bayern Munich supervisory board…eventually, he admitted to tax evasion on $28.5 million Euro’s…still wasn’t fired, they allowed him to resign!
I guess this happens all over the world…Ziva?
Are there actually living himan beings who would go on ebay and purchase game-worn jerseys?
I can understand if you played in a game and want to hang your own jersey in the home office or even that of a prominent team or individuals, but are there actually fan biys who go on ebay and buy this stuff? What do they do with it? They don’t actually wear game-worn jerseys, do they?
I guess jock sniffing has no boundries.
Eh, they money some of those kids are getting? How much do you want to bet they collect jerseys from big games like this and sell em on Ebay.
dinamo will lose every game 20-0 from here on but what can u do
they provided some fun by that upset v arsenal so tha’ts good
as i said in another thread, i remember the draw against man nu in old traffird
what can u do but enjoy those moments when they happen ? good fun but dont expect anything else other than consisent smashings from here on out
@Ivo
I would be surprised if they beat Olympiakos in Zagreb.
Olympiakos just be Arsenal in London. They were also very impressive last year, beating both Juventus and Atletico Madrid.
Dinamo would be lucky if they can walk away from the two games against Olympiakos with any points at all.
They don’t wear each other’s jerseys, they keep them as a souvenir and collection. Not sure why that’s a bad thing…when you retire it part of a memory, that’s all!
Next game is crucial. If they beat Olympiakos in Zagreb they have a shot for second place. Third place they go to Europa league play.
A lot of these Dinamo players are kids.
Lay off them for wanting a jersey.
By your own definition, it’s not jock sniffing. Would the players of Bayern Munich wear the players of Dinamo Zagreb jerseys?
Yes.
Unlike what you always preach, that a player like Pjaca would not wear a jersey with one of our names on his back, in this example, they are wearing each others’ names.
No jock sniffing.
Not sure I’d call it jocksniffing, it happens in most international matches.
My favorite part of the game today……watching the jock sniffing that took place after the game of the players from Dinamo wanting to swap shirts with the bigger names from Bayern.
Well, that’s actually a case of it meaning something.
If the youth teams of Hajduk and Dinamo are better than their Western counterparts, it allows clubs like Hajduk and Dinamo to continue to survive as these are valued assets. It’s especially important at the national team level as well.
I would be concerned if our youth teams could NOT beat youth teams from their Western counterparts. Hajduk and Dinamo would go bankrupt and fold like FC Rangers did, and the national team would never qualify for a major tournament.
The youth result is nice, but means nothing. How many youth players from the big clubs actually make it up to the big clubs. The youth programs for clubs like Dinamo and other smaller clubs in eastern europe mean more because they rely on it much more.
Hell, even Hajduk has had youth teams over the last 10 years who have beaten youth teams from big clubs.
Mamić or not, Dinamo loses to Bayern 5:0 any day of the week.
Heck, Olympiacos is a solid team and lost 3:0 to them in Greece.
Bayern is top 5 in the world. They could beat most teams by 10:0. Bayern to me proved today that they are no Slaven Belupo or Orijent.
Can you imagine if Hajduk played Bayern. It would of been 15 – 0 for Bayern.
Ha!
Well, at least Dinamo’s youth team beat Bayern youth team!
HNS is a display-case for 50 mafiosi that have made millions on individual player sales.
There are no clubs in Croatia.
Mamić & co.. as I’ve stated many times in the past, keep the HNL just above water so to ensure major sales to Europe.
The “product” in european competition is a non-factor.
http://theshortfuse.sbnation.com/2015/9/16/9340981/dinamo-zagreb-arsenal-champions-league-2015
@ Maminjo – Six
It wasn’t six. Come on now.
But even if that is the case, what’s their excuse for this home loss to Olympiakos?
Arsenal played without 6 of their regular starters against Dinamo. Arsene Wenger was criticized for underestimating them.
Arsenal last in the group, lol
Bayern 5 Privatni Dinamo 0 ajmo jos.
@Maminjo…….does Mamic own a piece of him? if not, you have your answer.
I gave full credit to Europski dinamo for beating Arsenal. Where did I not????? Zoran Mamic had them ready. It helped that Wenger did not and the Arsneal players totaly underestimated Europski dinamo. But, lets not kid oursleves, it was fluke. When you look at their play in Europea League and CL over the years and see the results, then you look at the Arsenal result as a fluke.
Only a fool would have dreamed that Europski dinamo could compete with Bayern today. This is no humiliation. It was expected.
Arsenal should’ve beat Barca in 2006.
That team was stacked and they held the lead with only 10 men until the last 10 minutes before conceding 2.
I don’t understand why Angelo Henriquez has not played yet in the Champions League.
@Slavonac
that is the thing, they beat arsenal and deserved the win but get no credit, funny when they were winning how everyone was quiet on this site, now they are loosing and all the garbage starts to post
at least they made it to CL not like those hajduk split losers
By the way, Arsenal is the most overrated club in Europe. No one is lumped in with the big boys like they are yet never wins anything. They haven’t won a damn thing in a decade. Don’t tell me about an FA cup either please. Arsenal are the Cincinnati Bengals of the world. Not awful but never a threat to win anything.
Looks like PNK Prcija is getting what they deserve. Ajmo Bayern jos 5 komada u drugom poluvremenu.
Ziva Arsenal is no Bayern!!! Not even close!! This is a different beast.
Ziva, they beat Arsenal…it was a decent effort so I don’t think you should minimalize it!
I just landed in Toronto and its 4-0….already?
Dinamo seriously gotta pip one back, to keep their goal differential in the group or at a respectable amount. Heck let’s keep our fingers crossed they don’t concede another.
We might make fun of Mamic and the savez with justification, but not much to say here. Credit to dinamo for getting a fluke result against Arsenal.
I know there were a few who thought Zoran Mamic deserved national team consideration because of the fluke result against Arsenal. So, if you really felt that way, does he not deserve consideration for this one.
That Anti-Mamic sign was furnished by Bavarian Croats. Let’s be realistic. 🙂
Apparently mamic mastermind tactics weren’t enough this game. Arsenal game was pure luck. Heard mamic is getting fired after this champions league stint to be made national team coach after cacic gets the boot.
To be expected. Anyone catch the Mamic sign behind the the goal dinamo is attacking in the first half.
Men vs boys.
Nice effort on the last two goals……Are we sure the players didn’t bet against themselves on this game because the last two goals, hell even the first goal, are all questionable.
They best arsenal so they can be happy about that. Bayern is a different class. This team is stacked and will go all the way.
Down 0:1 after 14. Looks like Dinamo is relying on longballs with nobody up front Croatian national team style
Friends, should we give Modric the name of………………. ATModric ( get it….ATM)
And a pay-off that Mamic couldn’t even fathom.
You forgot to mention that they need a young priest and an old priest.
That lineup wouldn’t do much in Champions League play. Maybe pull of an upset when the opponent underestimates you, like Arsenal did.
Ask yourself this…….how many of those guys in that ideal lineup could start today for Bayern?
Modric for sure and that is about it.
I’ll give you Mandza in for Lewandowski even though current form favors Lewandowski.
Clearly I am no tactician. Help me out with that midfield, you guys.